Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Aug 1999 10:28:56 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: New resources - pls, explain :-( |
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On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > I know I am a special case :) but:
No, you're not. You're a case that needs to be handled, but not a special one.
> What is to be done about ugly situations like multi-head video cards > sharing the same VGA I/O regions? Or with vgacon not releasing the VGA > I/O region when fbcon takes over? > > Right now my drivers completely ignore the new kernel resource code...
The new kernel resource code should act the same as the old one. There was a short while (ie pre-3 - pre-5) where it didn't because it was in development, but there is absolutely nothing in the resource code that can't handle it.
If vgacon/fbcon need to synchronize, that's a driver issue.
Linus
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